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Project description
ideas24 partnered with the Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) to better understand the behavioral barriers preventing corn and soybean farmers from adopting cover crops and enrolling in PFI's cover-crop cost-share program. Using what we learned from administrative data, farmer interviews and direct feedback during user-testing, we then jointly designed behaviorally informed communication interventions, which included mailers as well as a farmer referral campaign. To evaluate the potential impact of these light-touch interventions, we ran three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in partnership with PFI and a large agricultural cooperative and collected data on key outcomes including enrollment, enrollment date, and acres of cover crops planted, along with qualitative data from participating farmers.
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United States
Multiple
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Project status:
Completed
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Date published:
10 October 2024